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I received complimentary products from Barlean’s in conjunction with the 2018 #CookoutWeek event and giveaway. As always, all opinions are my own. Full PR & Disclosure here.

#CookoutWeek 2018 is here PLUS a new recipe for your next cookout: Margarita Popcorn Snack Mix!

This week, I am joining 50+ of my blogger buddies to celebrate summer by posting delicious cookout-themed recipes. If you love grilling, frozen treats, picnics, berries, s’mores, campfire meals, and other summer goodies… you are in the right place!

This week, we are also hosting a HUGE GIVEAWAY thanks to our generous #CookoutWeek sponsors. Enter below to win. Here’s what one lucky will receive:

A Red KitchenAid Mixer and 5 Flavored Butters from our friends at Chef Shamy. Make the World a Butter Place® with Chef Shamy! The winner will receive Garlic Butter, Cinnamon Brown Sugar Honey Butter, Vanilla Bean Honey Butter, Strawberry Honey Butter, and French Onion Butter with Asiago Cheese to use in your favorite cookout recipes. And if you just can’t wait, use 10BUTTER10 starting today to get 10% off your Chef Shamy butter order on Amazon. These butters contain no oil, and the savory butters are perfect for keto recipes.

Butter-flavored Organic Coconut Oil from our friends at Barlean’s. This dairy free option offers all the healthy benefits of organic coconut oil, with the rich taste of butter. It’s great on toast, popcorn, baked potatoes, or cooked vegetables. You can also substitute it 1:1 for butter in baking, cooking, and frying, and of course it is perfect as a butter substitute for all your favorite cookout recipes.

Now that we’ve listed the prizes and all the other amazing bloggers, let’s talk about that Margarita Popcorn!

I am a BIG lover of margaritas and combining the refreshing lime flavors with my favorite snack just seemed like a perfectly logical thing to do.

I have to warn you – THIS POPCORN IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!

I literally had to throw away the rest of this popcorn because I couldn’t stop myself from eating it. BUT, if you’re throwing a cookout party, then it’s the perfect snack for all your guests while you’re waiting for your grill to heat up. 🙂

The coolest part about this snack is that it’s made with Barlean’s Butter Flavored Coconut Oil which is our favorite butter 1:1 substitute! We use it all the time in our Chocolate Chip Breakfast Mug Cake and every Saturday when we make gluten-free pancakes. Yum!

This coconut oil doesn’t taste like coconut AT ALL! It’s non-GMO, organic and tastes just like real butter. It’s the perfect substitute for any dish you bake but it has all the benefits of coconut oil like MCTs (medium-chain triglycerides) which have benefits such as: being easily digested, combating harmful bacteria in our gut and they contain anti-oxidants which include helping heart health, brain health and helping with obesity prevention. Click here to learn more about Barleans.

Now that you’ve had your lesson on coconut oil, let’s talk about this popcorn! This recipe is so simple. Start off with 16 cups of freshly popped popcorn. You can buy pre-popped popcorn if you like, but just make sure it’s free of any salt, seasonings and flavors.

Next, you’re going to take a small saucepan and mix all the margarita flavors together with the butter-flavored coconut oil and simply pour on top of your popcorn. Then you’ll add in a handful of crushed lime corn chips and top each bowl off with some fresh lime zest and voila! You’ve got yourself a winning snack that everyone will enjoy!

What’s your favorite cookout recipe?

Margarita Popcorn Snack Mix

Ingredients:

16 cups freshly popped popcorn (1/3 cup kernels = 8 cups popped)

6 Tablespoons Barleans butter flavored coconut oil

2 Tablespoons lime juice + zest of 1 lime

2 Tablespoons tequila

2 teaspoons sugar

2 teaspoons Kosher salt

1 cup lime tortilla chips, crushed

Directions:

Pop popcorn kernels and set aside in 2 big bowls. If you’ve never popped kernels before, just grab a large pot and place 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil in bottom. Place 5 kernels in oil and heat over medium-high heat. When the first kernel pops, dump 1/3 cup kernels into pot and shake back and forth (over heat) until popping stops. Repeat once more for a total of 16 cups.

In a small saucepan, add coconut oil, lime juice, tequila, sugar and salt and stir together over medium heat until oil melts and sugar and salt dissolve.

Drizzle liquid equally over both popcorn bowls, sprinkle crushed tortilla chips on top along with lime zest.